Pears — Area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Pears — Area harvested was 1,412 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pears — Area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, pears — area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland stood at 1,412 ha. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.6% on the previous year and down 2.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pears — area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland peaked at 5,000 ha in 1968 and was at its lowest, 1,412 ha, in 2024.
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 49th of 87 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Pears — Area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,200 ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,300 ha | +2.4% |
| 1963 | 4,500 ha | +4.7% |
| 1964 | 4,700 ha | +4.4% |
| 1965 | 4,500 ha | -4.3% |
| 1966 | 4,300 ha | -4.4% |
| 1967 | 4,000 ha | -7.0% |
| 1968 | 5,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1969 | 4,200 ha | -16.0% |
| 1970 | 5,000 ha | +19.0% |
| 1971 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 4,200 ha | -16.0% |
| 1973 | 4,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 4,100 ha | -2.4% |
| 1975 | 4,000 ha | -2.4% |
| 1976 | 4,300 ha | +7.5% |
| 1977 | 4,100 ha | -4.7% |
| 1978 | 4,000 ha | -2.4% |
| 1979 | 5,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1980 | 4,200 ha | -16.0% |
| 1981 | 4,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 4,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 4,300 ha | +2.4% |
| 1984 | 4,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 4,250 ha | -1.2% |
| 1986 | 4,250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 5,000 ha | +17.6% |
| 1988 | 4,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 1989 | 3,752 ha | -6.2% |
| 1990 | 3,653 ha | -2.6% |
| 1991 | 3,597 ha | -1.5% |
| 1992 | 3,533 ha | -1.8% |
| 1993 | 3,503 ha | -0.8% |
| 1994 | 3,507 ha | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 3,500 ha | -0.2% |
| 1996 | 2,700 ha | -22.9% |
| 1997 | 2,600 ha | -3.7% |
| 1998 | 2,500 ha | -3.8% |
| 1999 | 2,300 ha | -8.0% |
| 2000 | 2,400 ha | +4.3% |
| 2001 | 2,330 ha | -2.9% |
| 2002 | 2,040 ha | -12.4% |
| 2003 | 1,740 ha | -14.7% |
| 2004 | 1,670 ha | -4.0% |
| 2005 | 1,670 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1,600 ha | -4.2% |
| 2007 | 1,536 ha | -4.0% |
| 2008 | 1,472 ha | -4.2% |
| 2009 | 1,507 ha | +2.4% |
| 2010 | 1,680 ha | +11.5% |
| 2011 | 1,579 ha | -6.0% |
| 2012 | 1,471 ha | -6.8% |
| 2013 | 1,446 ha | -1.7% |
| 2014 | 1,448 ha | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 1,483 ha | +2.4% |
| 2016 | 1,524 ha | +2.8% |
| 2017 | 1,539 ha | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 1,554 ha | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 1,515 ha | -2.5% |
| 2020 | 1,470 ha | -3.0% |
| 2021 | 1,480 ha | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 1,477 ha | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 1,450 ha | -1.8% |
| 2024 | 1,412 ha | -2.6% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pears — Area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | +25.0% | 4,000 ha | 5,000 ha |
| 1979 | +25.0% | 4,000 ha | 5,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,411 ha | 4,000 ha | 5,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,390 ha | 4,000 ha | 5,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,245 ha | 3,752 ha | 5,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,139 ha | 2,300 ha | 3,653 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,796 ha | 1,472 ha | 2,400 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,524 ha | 1,446 ha | 1,680 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,458 ha | 1,412 ha | 1,480 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is pears — area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- Pears — area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland was 1,412 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pears — area harvested recorded in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 5,000 ha in 1968.
- What is the lowest pears — area harvested recorded in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,412 ha in 2024.
- How does United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank for pears — area harvested?
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 49th out of 87 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pears — area harvested rising or falling in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Pears — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.